quantitative

(adjective)

of a measurement based on some quantity or number rather than on some quality

Related Terms

  • primary data
  • dichotomous
  • qualitative
  • central limit theorem
  • qualitative data

Examples of quantitative in the following topics:

  • Graphing Quantitative Variables

    • There are many types of graphs that can be used to portray distributions of quantitative variables.
  • Quantitative or Qualitative Data?

    • Different statistical tests are used to test quantitative and qualitative data.
    • Quantitative (numerical) data is any data that is in numerical form, such as statistics, percentages, et cetera.
    • In layman's terms, a researcher studying quantitative data asks a specific, narrow question and collects a sample of numerical data from participants to answer the question.
    • Paired and unpaired t-tests and z-tests are just some of the statistical tests that can be used to test quantitative data.
  • References

    • The Visual Display of Quantitative Information (2nd ed. ) (p. 178).
  • Data

    • Quantitative data are always numbers.
    • Quantitative data may be either discrete or continuous.
    • The numbers of books (3, 4, 2, and 1) are the quantitative discrete data.
    • Weights are quantitative continuous data because weights are measured.
    • Indicate whether quantitative data are continuous or discrete.
  • Variables

    • An important distinction between variables is between qualitative variables and quantitative variables.
    • Quantitative variables are those variables that are measured in terms of numbers.
    • Some examples of quantitative variables are height, weight, and shoe size.
    • The variable "type of supplement" is a qualitative variable; there is nothing quantitative about it.
    • In contrast, the dependent variable "memory test" is a quantitative variable since memory performance was measured on a quantitative scale (number correct).
  • Types of Data

    • Data can be categorized as either primary or secondary and as either qualitative or quantitative.
    • Quantitative data always are associated with a scale measure.
    • Money is another common ratio-scale quantitative measure.
    • A more general quantitative measure is the interval scale.
    • Differentiate between primary and secondary data and qualitative and quantitative data.
  • Solutions to Exercises in Chapter 2

    • Items 1, 5, 11, and 12 are quantitative discrete; items 4, 6, 10, and 14 are quantitative continuous; and items 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, and 13 are qualitative.
  • Review

    • Would the data collected be qualitative, quantitative – discrete, or quantitative – continuous?
  • Graphs for Quantitative Data

    • The procedures here can broadly be split into two parts: quantitative and graphical.
    • Quantitative techniques are the set of statistical procedures that yield numeric or tabular output.
    • Some examples of quantitative techniques include:
  • Models with Both Quantitative and Qualitative Variables

    • A regression model that contains a mixture of quantitative and qualitative variables is called an Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) model.
    • A regression model that contains a mixture of both quantitative and qualitative variables is called an Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) model.
    • They are the statistic control for the effects of quantitative explanatory variables (also called covariates or control variables).
    • Demonstrate how to conduct an Analysis of Covariance, its assumptions, and its use in regression models containing a mixture of quantitative and qualitative variables.
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